The Voyage of St Brendan
eBook - ePub

The Voyage of St Brendan

with illustrations by Kathleen Neeley

  1. 68 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Voyage of St Brendan

with illustrations by Kathleen Neeley

About this book

In The Voyage of St Brendan, A.B. Jackson tells the tale of the legendary seafaring Irish abbot. After burning a book of fantastical stories, Brendan is compelled to sail the ocean with a crew of six monks in a leather-skinned currach; his task, to prove the existence of wonders in the world and create a new book of marvels. Discoveries include Jasconius the island-whale, a troop of Arctic ghosts, a hellmouth of tortured souls, a rock-bound Judas, and the magical castle of the boar-headed Walserands. Although the roots of this legend lie in early Irish tales and the Latin Voyage of Brendan the Abbot of the ninth century, Jackson has taken the 14th-century Middle Dutch version of Brendan's voyage as the template for this engaging, witty and spirited interpretation, notable for its humour and inventiveness. The book is beautifully illustrated with a series of black and white linocuts by the American artist Kathleen Neeley, one of which features in colour on the cover.

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Table of contents

  1. Description
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Brendan
  8. The Burning of the Book
  9. The Boat
  10. Brendan’s Meditation
  11. The Crew
  12. Shore Song
  13. The Great Fish
  14. The Mermayd
  15. Thirsting Souls
  16. The Coagulated Sea
  17. The Cliff-top Monastery
  18. Interlude
  19. The Rock Saint
  20. Hellmouth
  21. The Siren
  22. The Stolen Bridle
  23. Devils’ Mountain
  24. Respite
  25. Brendan’s Vision
  26. Many Fish
  27. The Turf Rider
  28. Judas
  29. Burning Birds
  30. Multum Bona Terra
  31. The Walserands
  32. The Sea Leaf
  33. The Sea Serpent
  34. A World Below
  35. The New Book
  36. Home
  37. Burial
  38. Notes
  39. Select bibliography
  40. About the Author
  41. Copyright